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lutein
[ loo-tee-in ]
/ ˈlu ti ɪn /
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noun Biochemistry.
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C40H56O2, found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
a preparation consisting of dried and powdered corpora lutea from hogs.
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British Dictionary definitions for lutein
lutein
/ (ˈluːtɪɪn) /
noun
a xanthophyll pigment, occurring in plants, that has a light-absorbing function in photosynthesis
Word Origin for lutein
C20: from Latin lūteus yellow + -in
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